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VOLUME ENNNV.--NUNrRFR 1-7
rnE kLEcrnC Ll0n1s.
A Citizen POInt. cut Objections to the
Present Lac.

n Sltlen f0thh oui OhyeftlOha TO the
Present Lac.
n ~ E!ss- q ~ sNIc!!GrS<u,
SIK:-Ths controversy over the Electric
Light ConpAny's rights calls my attention
70 something In connection with Ito late
actions that surely can be regulated BY
Coupcll, u the Light company hAs the
"bulge" on the city on every other point
| retet to the manner In which ihelr wires
are strung, and the way they make house
connections, Tho line Ia about the worst
eonEtructed possible, and the house con.
nechons are simply Outrageous and will
forever spoil the appearance Of Any ave.
nue. the lines traverse, To ship E.w
wires back and forth acres styests
and up and down sidewalks a.
every conceivable angle and incline is
not only nnsighuy aud unnecessary,
but should not DO allowed. In some
places there Is not over twelve feet headEaV
on the Sidewalk, and there IL ono connec-
ton on Market street made from the Oh |
pcsite side, that brings the wire 40 close 10 |
the ground that any country man passing |
on load Of hay will be scraped od his |
perch. In case oil IRE, where Numerous
house connections Arc made, no ladder
can be gotten within the width OF the sile.
walk Of tho buildings, | have heard A
practical line man, who has built a great
many miles OF such work In his time, cav
that tho lIneiot the ligh, company, and is
house connections, wH tho "worst Job he
ever saw"
The proper way TO mako house con.
nections Is TO run tho wires Kcro4s the
streets and side walks on a perfectly
straight bAaiB, at the extreme haivhth Of |
the poles TO the buildings, and then carry
them along the face Of the buildings 10
tho point they wish 10 enter. Ii tAEes "A
little more wire 10 do this hut Il makes a
much more handsome job and does not
ruin the appearance OF the street, ANY
man can SEQ the wiring o! MArkc, street l.
&. complete "botch" and the whole work
should be done over again.
The electric light Is q great thing and
the writer hopes to see It a success here.
but does not think Il necessary 10 slloy
such unsightly work TO gain the point
Tho wire question is 4 problem to all cities,
and the best work that eau be dopo ia
poor enough and forms nuisance that
some day will have to be abolished.
Meantime firat class work ia to be ex,
pected and should be demanded by every
city. II 10 All very well TO talk OF enter.
prise and Wheeling certainly needs 1t,
but she wants enterprise with proper con
NX.
Wheeling, March II.
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Tho baltimore n Ohio Doal.

NEr ioRH, March 1.-THE report was
circulated this afternoon that the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton X Dayton party, rspresen.
ted BY Messrs. Ives, Stsynor and Meyer,
hsd paid S50O,0O0 on Monday night as a
tira: insLallment Of the purchase money Of
the Baltimore & Ohio, which they Arc
said to have acquired. Ne information
confirming 1t could be obtained, however,
although Major Borno, Of the Ives party,
characterized it ~ premature. Mr.. Sully,
aa heretofore, refused TO express sny opin-
ion whatever. One OF the parties promi-
ncnt in tho negotiations for the Stsynor
crowd said, however, that they had made
arrangements TO take share in the syndi-
cate for railroad representatives and had
put in their first allotment OF the capital.
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nAAISIOSD,S SIDl:



ofthe Congregational 9IInIsters' Action on
Henry Ward Boech.r.
CHICAGO, March 17.-Rev. II. l.. Ham.
mond, who at meeting Of the Congrega-
tioaal ministers OF Chicago, attacked ths
mora! character OF Henry Ward Beecher
and with others prevented any message
being sent from the meeting TO
Mrs. Beccher when her husband
was dying, will tomorrow publish a
lengthy statement addressed 10 the
editor OF the Inter Ocean. Mr.. Hammond
has heretofore refused 10 uttor a word
concerning the matter. He now says that
he and those who voted with him haye
been charged with having directly and
heartlessl!y refused all sympathy with MrH.
Beecher in her Rfiliction.
The card continuing Gays: "That In an en-.
tire mistake. On question OF uympathy
With her pure and simple We did not vote.
Il Ia true that at the outset Of the discus-
sion 1t was claimed that tho telegram TO
be sent lit was not then written) would
mean only sympathy for her, but that
idea was emphatically repudiated BIZ one
OF the majority before the vote was taken
and the repudiation was scquiesced in BY
the rest So, at least, the minority under
stood It when they voted. Moreover tho
principal speakers Of the majority dwelt
on Beecher's merits, rather than on his
wiie's so1ow."
Mr.. Hammond reiterates his belief that
Mr. Beecher was guilty OF the oEenge
charged against him, and that being the
case must have perj1red himself when
upon trial. In conclusion, Mr.. Hammond
declares that Mr.. Beecher was not vel.
coined to the Congregational pulpits Of this
city Tor years, though here several times,
The question is then asked: "Why then
should We hasten to greet man s;ck and
dying, whom 81, we did not fellowship with
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New ioRK, March l7.-William ]. Hut.
crimson, an eI-broker, was arrested to.
day and taken to the Tombs prison. He
was charged by William II. sistare, of the
firm OF George sistare & Co., II Wall
street, with the converting to his own use
and benefit and that Of his vile, over 49,
900 worth OF stocks.
Tho stock consisted OF certificates OF the
Ionghiogheny River Coal Company, the
Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh, &c. It
was deposited on different detcs in 1854
with Hutchinson 10 raise loan on them
oil $4,000. He obtained the amount and
handed 1t to Mr.. sistare. 1t is charged
that shortly after August l5, 1854, be went
TO Newcomb and told him to sell the GER
tihcates, pay the $4,000 advanced and
place the balance TO the credit oil his vile,
Mary L. Hutchinson.
, All this was done and tho Hutchnsons
left the country. He returned March 3
last, and 10 said to have acknowledged his
converting the certificates.
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NoGALEs, ARlz., March 1.-THE author.
tiles here fear a conflict with Mexican sol.
diers at any moment.
: Deputy Sheriff Speedy and Constable
Liiliepage were in an American saloon, a
short distance across the Mexican line,
Yesterday, when four Mexican customs OF.
hclals entered, used abusive language and
at signal drew pistols. One OF the Mex.
leans then fired, the ball grazing the head
OF an American named Spence. The
American officers escaped.
governor Torres had the man who fred
the shot arrested, but he was soon re-
leased. Inere arc fifty Mexican soldiers
ntationed within q hundred yards OF the
line, and no United States troops here,
The situation is considered serious,
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WASHINGTON, D. O., March l7.-Repre-
sentative McAdoo, OF New Jersey, de-
voted friend and political follower OF Mr.
Randall, says that either New York or
New Jersey would cheerfully make a
Democratic district for Mr.. Randall, In
order to keep him in Congress, should the
rennsylvania Legislature sustain the re-
port ol the committee which proposes to
give Philadelphia six soIid Republican
distrlcts and cuts Mr.. Randall'a district to
pieces.
In explanation Of the proposed appor.
tionment Mr. McAdoo says: "Mr. Kan.
dali offended the iron men when he made
up his tariff bill and put iron down al
twelve dollars per ton when they wanted
It eighteen dollars. From that hour they
determined to embalrnss him il they
could, and the proposition to rearrange
the Pennsylvania Congressional districia,
is one Of the methods they have chi.
ployed,n
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Maine will hereafter have annual in
stead OF biennial legislative sessions.
The Big .E.ns Furnace stock.houses at
lronton, o., burned loss, $4,000.
Hall the buainess part OF Blackville, s.
o., was burned, entailing loss Of $780,
Herr Wilkea, a stallion worth $4,000,
and King Ban, valued at s35, 900, died at
Lexington.
A. .. Pnrdy, railroad engineer OF Nor.
tonviile, Ky, was killed by being run over
by his own engine.
William Fiscus, aged 81, fell into the
fireplace at his home, near Greensburg,
Ind, and was fatally burned.
lie denied BY iis President that the
headquarters OF the Standard Oil Company
will be removed TO New York.
A negro jury at Danville, Ky., the first
ever impaneled in the place, convicted
John E!more OF malicious ahooting.
Edward Smith, young German farmer
near West Hartlard Church, O., suicided
BY blowing his brains out with shotgun.
At Muskegon, Mich, fire DESTROYED
buildings worth $4,000. It is alleged the
contlasration was started by anti. .Proh;bi.
touists.
Peter Kaufman, a prominent iarmer,li
ing near Lafayette, Ind, hanged himself on
a tree. Disgrace and business troubles led
to the act.
William Paxton, Of Lancaster county.
S. c., 8 Mexican war veteran, hanged
himself because he despslred OF eve, get
ting pension. s5 -
The Canadian Government has decided
to send an exploring expedition to Hud.
sons Bay this year to report on the cues.
ton its navigability.
David Anohoed and an old woman
named Harding were arrested at North
LsTisburg, o., for manufacturing counter.
felt ten and fifty cent pieces.
The President has sppointed G. A. ].
Taylor Minister resident to Liberia, and
James R. Hosmer Secretary OF Legation in
Central America and Consul General at
Gsutamals.
The students OF Purdue University, at
Lafayette, Ind, fixed up poker and faro
place in one Of the dormitories, but were
caught playing by the Faculty, and future
games spoiled.
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LIE HAD GREAT CREDIT
But HE sHIPrED SEvEnTuELEss,
And Left SambSr Vt Creditor. H.hind
to Mourn ui' AbssHes-A NV Yotk h.r.
shNHt LEhN Out Leaving $1,000.
900 Liabilities DshIHd Him.

SEW ToKK, March II-shehT Gna,
has seized the place Of huliaess Of Waits,
Z. LAWton, At 81 Broadway. who did busi
nhSs undur the Gfm name Of Llx:ou Bros
"a fertilizers, under attachments iron
Judge Donohue, G! the Suprsns Court
on credItou' claims amounting 10 s245,,
OoO.
II Ia charged that LAwton h4 Abscond.
ed 10 deirsud his creditors, and ,hA. he hu
disposed OF his property and taken large
Amount ot money with him.
Mr.. LlWton Is q widowvr and sole rep.
resentAtive OF the trm, his brother, who
was associated With him. having died soms
tIms ago.
RuiuI T. Kirkland, Laxtou's cashier
st"tes that on TueslAy L,xtou Withdrew
all his funds from different banks In
which he deposited Gud took the money
With him. LAwtou, before his departure,
destroyed all stubs, checks and p5pers nj
eye,,y Kind from which any information
could be secured As 10 the disposition Of
frnds and property. Joseph D. Jones
placed IN LSwlon's caro- on Tuesday on
behalf ot the company, $1,000. This Ia
also gone.
hirklaud BtStes tina. on Tuesday he had
an Interview with LAxton at Broadway
Ahl wall street, and that IAwton request
ei him 10 go with him TO ths olIicers OF
the Third National Bank and Introduce
him. This he did. Lawlou also asked
MIN 70 obtain a blank warranty deed for
the conYeyAnce OF real estate in New Jer.
ssy anu 10 meet him 1t the New York
iio'el. lie met LAtton there with the
0!"nk deed and both went to the Grand
CenttBl depot.
Lawton told Kirkland he intenLeI tn
leave the city by train thst he haI drawn
out all money on deposit: that hs was
ruined; that he did not know wha, N do
and that he would probably commit sui
ciGe' LAYTON iurthor said thst he had
eI hRuBted all his resources and Sas not
able to pay out any money in his posses.
sion. lie left Kirkland TO take a tain.
The second attachment was Issued al
the instance OF the Chemical Ammonjate
and Oil Company upon a similar claim,
The company delivered 10 Lawton prom.
lssory notes OF the value Of Sl9O 900 in
trus! to discouu! the notes and hold the
proceeds for the compauy's benefit. In
addition he received 5000 In noney. Ue
discounted the notes.; kept the proceeds
anu also retained the money and convert.
ed 1t TO his own usa.
The third claim is one Of s. 1000 for pro.
icseional service by Robert A. Van Wyck
rendered to Lswton.
The associates Of Lawton look upon his
disappearance as part Of a gigantic swim
die, and believed that no sailed on one OF
wednesday q steamers. He has q relstiye
in Sussex, England, and 1t 10 supposed he
has gone there. After draining out all his
Dsnk accounts, he got a boy TO help re-
move four or five yaises which he tightly
filled. His credit WAS hiyh, aud he WIS
rated at over 81, 100000 by the commercial
agencies.
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AS TO POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.


Dir. 1'ins Pays II Left-IInn,lrd Compliment
to the I.ate John Kelly. t-..
NEw ioRE, March l7.-Ci,y Chamber
lain William NJ. WINS addressed the Dem.
ocradc Club OF Harlem last evening on
the subject OF political assessments. Il
The address was mainly explanatory OF
the figures Mr.. 1vins gave In a recent
speech on the cost oi elections in this city.
he said many things last night, however,
which may be news to the average citizen
il not to the ward politician.
Mr.. WINS began by saying that there
WAS a great necessity for tho reduction OF
expenses OF elections and the prevention
OF the levyine OF enormous assessments on
candidates for office. He held that for
some years past the practice had been TO
auction Of nominations to the highest
bidder. important Offices OF honor, profit
and trust" he said, "are either put up at
auction or yatiied away" He argued that
il such q state OF affairs wGs allowed to
continue it would end in the complete
corruption Of the city government.
Mr.. Wins reviewed the career and cor
ruption OF the Tweed ring and paid the
Ihbc bolh htllJ q LOl hl5
forts to reorganizs and reform the locsl
Democracy after the downfall Of Tweed.
Mr.. Ivins, however, said that Mr.. Kelly
originated the system OF organization
assessment. Mr.. Kelly, according TO Mr.!
Ivans, devised the plan whereby candi.
dates were compelled to pay their share
OF election expenses into the treasury oil
TsmnRny Hall. A guarantee was given
thst ths fund would ba expended for the
legitimate expenses OF the campaign.
When Irving Hall was organized in op-
position 10 Tammany this system was fol.
lowed.
"From 1879 to lSSl," continued Mr..
WINS, "the assessments on candidates and
the raising OF large election funds were in
creased year BY year until they grew
into enormous proportions" According
to Mr.. WINS the election expenses In this
city in 1885, official and unofficial, reach.
ed the sum OF 100000. He thought
s ,000, 900 would not cover the amount
expended in the city for the expenses OF
the Presidential election in 1854 He said
that fully 20 out OF every 100 voters are
under pay, official or unofficial, or election
dave
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Now, from tho Ocean RhccrS-Tho Coronet
AheHd 20 Far.

Now, from tho Ocean IlncerS-Tha Corons,
Ahend 20 Far.
PHILADELPnIA, Pa, March l7.-CaptAin
Howell OF the steamer British Prince from
Liverpool, makes the following report
On Monday, tha l4!h inst, at g:l5 4. ",
in latitude 4Oo, longitude G4o, passed a
schooner yacht seven miles to the north.
ward. At 1910 4. NJ. the schooner yach!
Dauntless displayed her signals abeam In
latitude 80 So, longitude 6t.l2'; strong
breeze and all her canvass set.
Every stitch Of canvass was being used
on both boatB, There was at tho time
tho yEchts wero sighted strong breeze
blowing from west to northwest. They
were % miles apart.
This would indicate that the yachts are
taking more southerly course than that
purposed by transatlantic steamships at
thie season. When the observation waa
made the Coronet had made shout 800
geographical miles and the DAuntlesa
about $50 miles. TnoRgh the Coronet ID
IL miles iurthest eastward, she is, on &C
connt OF her northerly position, more than
this number Ot miles in advance OF the
DauntlpAs
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MATou HEWITT, Of New York, had pre-.
BOnted to him bin Of 81, ,Oi8 Tor tho luner-
al Of an Alderman. In tho bill was An
item Of s22j for an ougroJ3ed copy OF rsso-
lu!ion1, another for &Jlb IOr flowers, and
another Tor iour pairs Of gloves Tor each
Alderman. The Mayor didn't rSy that the
hurViying Alderment hadn't right TO be
aorry to the extent indicated in the bill,
but hn did Ray that ho wouldn't give his
Official sanction to that particular mani.
festaton OF grisi. Mr.. Hewitt has an
Idea 6t the eternal fitness Of thingg.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 1.-THE strik.
ing section hands Of the For. Wayne rail.
road were paid off to-day and discharged
from the services OF the company. Their
places will be filed by Italians, who will
be put to work at once. The twenty.fou.
coal miners imprisoned in the Workhouse
Tor conspiracy we're released by the Par.
don Board to-day. The men were sen.
fenced TO eight months' imprisonment.
and had eerved three months. They were
convicted on a charge OF conspiracy 10
keep non-union men from working during
the great miner's strike OF 1884.
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SAN FRAScIsCo, March Ito a re-
porter OF the Associated Press who called
on John W. Mackey this afternoon to
ascertain the truth OF the report published
in New York this morning Rsaociating
Mr.. Mackey with the Baltimore telegraph
deal, that gentleman pronounced the
story without any foundation. "As far
rs | am concerned" said Mr.. Msckey,
mo proposition for the requirement Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad or the
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company has
b9en made by nc or to me, aud no
negotiations ere pending. l know moth.
inS Of the matter except what l have
eeen In the papers."
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ST. LOUIS, March 1.-THE general com.
mittee havirgin charge the arrangements
for the meeting Of the National Encsmp-
ment Of the G. A. 4. in this city next
September, have through sub-com.
mittee composed OF tho Mayor OF the city,
the president OF the Merchant's Exchange
and one OF the leading Representatives OF
the local G. a. r. Posts, extended very
cordial and urgent invitation TO President
Cleveland aud his wife 10 be present aud
witness and share in the festivities Of the
occasion
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INDIANAPOLIS March 1.-THE Sheffield
saw works, employing ZOO men, are shut
down. The men struck upon rumor
that wages were TO be reduced, which
President Z. @. Atkins says was nm.
founded, but before they would come
back they demanded certain guarantees
that no changes in wages be made under
thirty days notice and there should be one
apprentices to every four journeymen.
Mr. Atkins agreed to the former, but
declined to accede to the latter for the
reason, az he Gays, that there Is great
scarcity OF saw workers, and it is abso.
llutely necessary to have apprentices 10
learn the trade.
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TINS high litenza bill passed the New
FORK ApsolAby With every Democratic
vote in that body against 1t. Only two
RspublIcAHs yotsd no. one from New York
City and one from Brooklyn. It is no! to
bo iniOrcd ir5n !his Tia. the Democrats
ara in iAYor Of prohibition. though the
prohibItIonIA!s Rlso oppose tho measure,
having tho lqunr men for aIliea.
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MONTREAL, CAN, March l7.-St. Pat.
rick's Day was observed by the Irlahmen
Of this city with great eclat. The various
Irish, National, Temperance and benefit
societies, numbering thousands, bands play
ing national airs, marched to St. Patrick'a
Church, where Archbishop Fahro olIciated
at high mass. The processiOn afterwards
reformed and marched through the prin-
cipal directs.
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WILEEsDARRE, Pa, March l7.-An ex.
plosion OF gag occurred in the Conynighsm
mine OF the Delaware and Hudson Coal
Company this morning. -Four mon were
burned, two Of them 1t is believed fatally.
Their names are Jacob and Stephen SHy.
der, William Bloom and William Herman.
This two most serioualy Injured are Bloom
and William Snyder. b
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March l7.-John
Presser, station agent at Edgar, Neb., on
the St. Joe 4 Grand Island railrosd, has
lost two sons during the pss. week. Both
were brakemen. Five days ago Charles,
the eldest, was run over and killed at
Sutton, Neb., and yesterday William fell
under the wheels at Hansen, Neb., and
in two houra died.
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After Muny YrarH

NKw YORK, Marcn l7.-One OF the hap.
plest families in Brooklyn yesterday was
that OF Jacob Fehlinger, at 10 Union ave-
nue.. twenty-five. yearB ago, when the
family lived in this city, their daughter,
aged twelve, was Lost in the streets. She
returned yesterday, and is now living with
her parents. When she was lost she was
taken to Randall's Island, and later adopt
ed BY family named Brown.
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NEw foNE, March I7.-st. Patrick's
Day was generally observed by the Sons
OF Ireland in this city. On the Municipal
Departments and many Of tho City Build.
inGs, tho green flag was thrown to tho
breeze The Irish societies parRded In
two distinct bodies, one crossing 10 Brook
lyn aud Joining the Brooklyn procession.
The other, after parade through tho
nrinclpal streets, wAa reviewed In Union
Square by Mayor Hewitt The procession
then matched TO Jones Woods, to tako
part In the annual pIcnic.
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PHILADELPHIA, March list. PAtrick'u
Day was appropriately commemorated in
this city. At all the Catholic ChurchOs
Hpecla! Hervicea, appropriate TO the day j,
we're held. Tho streets along the route
oi tue procession wero crowded with
spectators, and many buildings wcre pro-
iusely decorated with Aags, the Stars and
Stripes being coplously intertwined with
the Green aud Golden Harp.
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LoHDoS, March IA feature Of the
observance Of st. Patrick's Day in Eng
land waa the appearance Of many Eng
lishmen wearing shamrocks. A sleet and
Bnow storm stopped all outdoor demon
strations in honor OF the day in Dublin,
and the trooping Of the cOlors, usually
ono Of the events Of the celebration OF ST.
PRtrick's Day there, did not take place.
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" Wheeling rVrf makes the start abe
will caufe gone Of lhoss mu.hroom south.
ern aud western towns TO turn pale.
Wheeling has tho bottom 10 build on
everything but tha nerve and dGsh 10 10
ahead and be what she easily can be.